Викторина "English – Speaking Countries"

Цели внеклассного мероприятия:

- развитие речевых умений учащихся;

- расширение лингвострановедческих знаний.

Форма проведения: брейн-ринг (не менее 2-х команд по 5-6 человек в каждой; обсуждение каждого вопроса идет параллельно во всех группах; ответ дает команда, первой готовая отвечать.)

1. This famous document begins with the words, "We, the people of the ...., in order to form a more perfect union....

Which document? What country?

2. In the state of Florida there is a city with the same name as a Russian one.

What city?

3. The mediaeval image of this city was completely rained because of two great misfortunes in the 17^th century.

What city? What misfortunes?

4. The telephone reference book of this city contains more Ukrainian surnames than English and French together. There is a monument to Taras Shevchenko next to the Queen Elizabeth one.

Where? Why?

5. The streets and pavements of this part of the city are very narrow, on weekdays the traffic is very heavy but over weekdays it is almost dead.

Why is it so? Where is it?

6. The sea and mountains are the most splendid views of New Zealand. The native population the Maoris calls New Zealand "The long White cloud".

Why?

7. This bird lives in the forest, eats worms and berries and it has nostrils at the tip / end of the beak. What bird?

8. Its name is St. Stephen's, but it is known all over the world by the other name. It weighs 13,5 tons and the two hands are nine and fourteen feet. What is its name?

9. It is assumed that between 1164 and 1169, when Henry II forbade English clerks to go to the University of Paris, the scholars had to find somewhere else to continue their studies. Their choice fell on….. Now, the component parts of it are the colleges. Each college is practically autonomous, with its own set of rules of government.

What city is it?

10. This city stands on the river. The river has several bridges over it. The name of the city includes these two facts.

What is the name of the river?

11. The building is made of stone and marble. It contains 540 rooms. It is the highest building in the city; nobody can build a house higher it.

Where is it? Why?

12. It was presented to the USA in 1884. 225 tons of metal were used for its construction. Inside there is a circular stairway from the base to the crown. There is also a lift in it.

What is "it"?

13. This city is carefully planned and it is easy for a stranger to find his way there. All the streets, except one, run either north or south, or east or west. Twelve long avenues run north and south, and five hundred short streets east and west.

What city is it?

14. It is a huge five-sided building and five storeys high. It is the largest building in the world. It has more than 17 miles of corridors, inside its yard there is a subway station.

What building is it?

15. This county is famous for its lakes, but they occupy only 2% of the territory / area. Why is it so and what country is it?

16. The United States Congress decided in July 1790 that the new seat of government should be situated on the left bank of the.... River between the states of Maryland and Virginia. The city would be called Washington, D.C.

What river? Why D.C. (What is the full name of the capital. Why).

17. Hadrian's Wall is one of the traces of the Romans in Britain. It was 73 miles long, 18 feet high and 8 feet thick. It had 80 castles, and towers every 540 yards.

Where and why did the Romans build it?

18. Wales is surrounded by water on three sides. On its fourth side there is the long boundary which divides the country from England. However, whichever route you choose to get to Wales, you always have to cross water.

Why?

19. This game is a traditional winter sport in Scotland, which was played on the frozen lochs from the 15^th century onwards, although now of course there are rinks available all the year round. It is played by propelling large polished circular stones along the ice towards a target circle about thirty-two meters away.

What game is it?

20. The Time Saturday Review is a British magazine. It asked readers to vote for the Seven Wonders of the 20^th century. The one that came first was chosen by more than two thirds of the readers.

Which one: US Space Programme; Concorde airliner; Golden Gate Bridge; Sydney Opera House; Empire State Building.

21. The Ravens are one of the most famous sights at the Tower of London... They are looked after. Why?

22. Spectacular and beautiful, it has always been especially popular with two kinds of visitors: thrill-seekers and honeymooners. Because in 1859, Frenchman Jean Graveled became the first person to cross it on a tightrope. In 1803, Jerome Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon, visited it with his bride.

What is it?

23. In 1886, Doctor John Pemberton, a pharmacist, invented this substance. He sold it in his pharmacy for 5 cents a glass. Sails in 1886 averaged 9 grasses a day. Today it is sold in more than 160 countries.

What is it?

24. It is sometimes called the birth place of American intellectual life: It has the nation's oldest university, founded in 1636. It remains a centre of intellectual life, especially since it's also home to MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Students attending it and MIT come from around the world.

What university? What town is it in?

Keys

1. The constitution of the USA.
2. St. Petersburg.
3. London. The Great Plague. The Great Fire.
4. Winnipeg in Canada, the 4^th city of Canada.
5. London, the City or the Square Mile.
6. The mountains are covered with clouds, because of the sea.
7. The Kiwi.
8. Big Ben.
9. Oxford.
10. The river Cam(bridge).
11. The Capitol, the seat of Congress.
12. The Statue of Liberty.
13. New-York.
14. The Pentagon.
15. Canada (because of the size of the area).
16. Washington in honour of the first president and Columbia, after Columbus. River Potomac.
17. Between English and Scotland to defend themselves from Celtic tribes from the north.
18. The Severn.
19. Curling.
20. Sydney Opera House.
21. If Ravens leave the Tower, the monarchy will fall.
22. Niagara Falls.
23. Coca-Cola.
24. Harvard University in Cambridge, the USA.

Литература

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